[snip] . . . . Just last week a massive explosion caused a mushroom cloud in southern Russia. It was blamed on an accident, “probably caused by a lit cigarette” (yeah right!), as some 4,000 tonnes of soon-to-be decommissioned munitions were supposedly being unloaded from a train at a remote military base. Injuries were initially reported but then this was retracted, leaving no on-site injuries where surely there should have been at least a few, especially given that windows were shattered…